Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2022 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= NOTICE TO USERS - These files are protected by the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Information contained herein is provided for research purposes and may be freely linked to. Copying for redistribution or presentation by any person, persons or organization is not allowed without the written permission of the author/submitter. Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Nucleus OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: 18103 DATE OF LOSS: 14 September 1869 CAUSE OF LOSS: Foundered LOCATION: Abt 40 miles nw of Vermilion Point, Lake Superior RIG TYPE: Bark, 3 masts HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: Firman & Merrill, Milwaukee, WI., 1848 OWNER(S): Capt. Samuel Moore & Mr. Quinn of Chicago MASTER: Capt. Samuel Moore TONNAGE: 297.04 t DIMENSIONS: 144 x ? x ? CASUALTIES: none Downbound from Marquette to Toledo with iron ore. Sprung a leak and sunk. The crew took to the small boat and drifted upon the lake for three days and two nights with no food. Picked up by the schooner GEORGE WORTHINGTON. ======================================================================== Sources: Merchant Vessel List - 1869 Detroit Free Press - 21 September 1869 Buffalo (N.Y.) Morning Express - 25 September 1869 The Buffalo Commercial - 22 September 1869 Buffalo Commercial Advertiser - 26 June 1848